August

August 19, 2010

Concussion Activist Chris Nowinski Speaks Out on Linda McMahon

Chris Nowinski — the Harvard grad and  World Wrestling Entertainment performer who had to retire due to multiple concussions and then founded the Sports Legacy Institute, […]
August 18, 2010

Treatment of WWE Performer Charlie Haas Is a Study of Linda McMahon’s Character

“Who knows what causes people to have addictions and do what they do?” With that rhetorical question, near-billionaire wrestling mogul and U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon […]
August 18, 2010

FAIR GAME — Linda McMahon Answers the Question of Systematic Death for Entertainment Industry Profits With … Another Question

Linda McMahon now calls “fair game” the question of why her wrestlers die young at rates astronomically higher than those of astronauts or football players or […]
August 17, 2010

Was It ‘Lou Gehrig’s Disease’ Or Brain Trauma? A Fascinating New Study

Alan Schwarz of The New York Times, whose ongoing reports on concussions in sports are priceless, today previews a new medical study suggesting that athletes diagnosed […]
August 16, 2010

Muchnick YouTube Channel’s Greatest Hits

Irvin Muchnick Confronts Wrestling Legend Bret Hart (CNN’s Nancy Grace, 6/29/07 – 12,263 views): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmw7Fmhwgg Irvin Muchnick Discusses Linda McMahon and Death in Wrestling on WTNH […]
August 16, 2010

Ohio Columnist Cuts to the Chase on Linda McMahon, While National Media Fiddle

Though recognizing how the national political conversation is elevated by blog posts such as “Cliché Watch: Linda McMahon Wrestling Puns,” I recommend that watchers of the […]
August 15, 2010

Wrestlers Rescue (cont.)

Keith Harris of Cageside Seats has an update on the questions about Dawn Marie’s Wrestlers Rescue at http://www.cagesideseats.com/2010/8/15/1624512/dave-meltzer-has-finally-weighed. I agree with Harris that the information from […]
August 15, 2010

Connecticut Senate Race Pits Richard Blumenthal, Democrat, Versus Linda McMahon, DemocratRepublican

Maureen Callahan’s story in today’s New York Post on the Linda McMahon phenomenon zeroes in on the bipartisan political decay at its core. See “Connecticut is […]
August 13, 2010

Dave Meltzer at Yahoo: ‘Wrestler’s Death Could Affect McMahon’s Run’

Dave Meltzer, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter publisher who also writes a column on mixed martial arts for Yahoo Sports, has used his valuable Yahoo real estate […]
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